is a group of people that we would be more concerned about, that would be those of the very elderly, diabetic individuals potentially. >> reporter: and babies. >> young infants, correct. >> reporter: and in that case, then the emergency room probably is the right place to go but for most of us, unfortunately, with the flu, it's a drag but you got to go to bed and you should stay there until you get better? >> exactly. >> reporter: or can i go back to work tomorrow? >> avoid contact with others. avoid that transmission. >> reporter: of course to avoid winding up flat on your back in the first place, a shot in the arm at your physician's office is the way to go. >> i can't stress that enough. an influenza vaccine most everybody is appropriate. >> reporter: does it work? >> it does. most of the time it should. you can only predict so well so -- but we attempt to -- specialists. >> reporter: better to be safe than sorry. >> that's right. >> reporter: tamron, back to you. >> thank you very much. >>> up next -- >> blood's been spilt to afford us this moment. >> lincoln steals the show grabbing the